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NORTHFIELD, Vt. – For the second time in three days, the Norwich University men's basketball team was downed by the Wildcats from Johnson & Wales (R.I.) University – Tuesday's tilt saw the Cadets felled by an 81-52 margin in Andrews Hall.

Norwich dips to 7-16 on the season, losing their 12th Great Northeast Athletic Conference game of the season. Johnson & Wales improves to 14-9 on the season, winning their 14th league game in 17 opportunities.

Johnson & Wales led by as many as five points in the game's first three minutes, but Hogervorst tied the game at seven with a layup with 16:26 left in the first half. He would later add a thunderous dunk just under two minutes later – the flush would cut the Wildcats lead to 10-9, but a quick 8-0 scoring run by the guests would create an 18-9 advantage.

A three-point basket by Fitzgerald would shrink the Johnson & Wales lead to 31-20 with 4:48 left in the first half, but a late layup by Anthony Jernigan propelled the Wildcats to a 40-26 lead at halftime. Johnson & Wales punished the Cadets with 20 points off of miscues, despite yielding 14-of-24 points to Norwich in the paint.

The Wildcats grew the lead to 30 points, 81-51, following a fast-break layup from Kevin Rodriguez with 1:05 left in regulation time. Jernigan paced Johnson & Wales with 33 points, shooting 11-for-18 from the floor, with Edson Dascy pouring home 17 points. The Wildcats shot exactly 50% from the floor (30-for-60) and outrebounded the Cadets, 40-to-25.

The Cadets return to action Thursday, Feb. 16, traveling to Emmanuel (Mass.) for a 5 p.m. tilt against the Saints. Norwich is in the midst of playing five games in a seven-day stretch.